Prevalence and Incidence of Vagina cancer
Prevalance of Vagina cancer:
3 in 10,000 for DES-related cases of vaginal cancer. ... see also overview of Vagina cancer.
Prevalance Rate:
approx 1 in 3,333 or 0.03% or 81,600 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "3 in 10,000 for DES-related cases of vaginal cancer." -- see also general information about data sources]
Vagina cancer: Rare Disease
Vagina cancer is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Vagina cancer, or a subtype of Vagina cancer,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Vagina cancer Prevalence: Book Excerpts
Incidence (annual) of Vagina cancer:
2,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate) ... see also overview of Vagina cancer.
Incidence Rate:
approx 1 in 136,000 or 0.00% or 2,000 people in USA [Source statistic for calcuation: "2,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence extrapolations for USA for Vagina cancer:
2,000 per year,
166 per month,
38 per week,
5 per day,
0 per hour,
0 per minute,
0 per second.
[Source statistic for calculation: "2,000 annual cases in USA (SEER 2002 estimate)" -- see also general information about data sources]
Incidence statistics for Vagina cancer:
The following statistics relate to the incidence of Vagina cancer:
- 2,160 new cases for vaginal/female genital cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 2,160 new female cases for vaginal/female genital cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
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Death statistics for Vagina cancer:
The following statistics relate to deaths and Vagina cancer:
- 790 estimated deaths for vaginal/female genital cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- 790 estimated female deaths for vaginal/female genital cancer in the US 2004 (Cancer Facts and Figures, American Cancer Society, 2004)
- more statistics...»
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Prevalence/Incidence of Vagina cancer: Online Medical Books
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Vaginal cancer:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
The exact cause of vaginal cancer remains unknown. This cancer generally occurs in women in their early to mid-50s, but some of the rarer types occur in younger women, and rhabdomyosarcoma appears in children. (Clear cell adenocarcinoma has an increased incidence in young women whose mothers took diethylstilbestrol).
Vaginal cancer varies in severity according to its location and effect on lymphatic drainage. (The vagina is a thin-walled structure with a rich lymphatic drainage.) Vaginal cancer is similar to cervical cancer in that it may progress from an intraepithelial tumor to an invasive cancer. However, it spreads more slowly than cervical cancer.
A lesion in the upper third of the vagina (the most common site) usually metastasizes to the groin nodes; a lesion in the lower third (the second most common site) usually metastasizes to the hypogastric and iliac nodes; but a lesion in the middle third metastasizes erratically. A posterior lesion displaces and distends the vaginal posterior wall before spreading to deep layers. By contrast, an anterior lesion spreads more rapidly into other structures and deep layers because, unlike the posterior wall, the anterior vaginal wall isn't flexible.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Malignant spinal neoplasms:
Causes and incidence
(Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
Primary tumors of the spinal cord may be extramedullary (occurring outside the spinal cord) or intramedullary (occurring within the cord itself). Extramedullary tumors may be intradural (meningiomas and schwannomas), which account for 60% of all primary malignant spinal cord neoplasms, or extradural (metastatic tumors from breasts, lungs, prostate, leukemia, or lymphomas), which account for 25% of these malignant neoplasms.
Intramedullary tumors, or gliomas (astrocytomas or ependymomas), are comparatively rare, accounting for only about 10%. In children, they're low-grade astrocytomas.
Spinal cord tumors are rare compared with intracranial tumors (ratio of 1:4). They occur equally in men and women, with the exception of meningiomas, which occur mostly in women. Spinal cord tumors can occur anywhere along the length of the cord or its roots.
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Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
Vaginitis:
Vaginitis - epidemiology
(The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult)
- Candidiasis may present cyclically with menses, possibly owing to changing estrogen levels.
- Gonorrhea is more likely to be symptomatic at the time of menses owing to easier access to the upper reproductive tract.
- Body mass index (BMI) at the extremes is associated with increased risk of vulvovaginitis.
- The epidemiology of bacterial vaginosis is not well known because it is not a reportable disease, and 50% of cases may be asymptomatic.
Vaginitis - incidence
The exact incidence of vaginitis is unknown.
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Source: The 5-Minute Pediatric Consult, 2008
About prevalence and incidence statistics:
The term 'prevalence' of Vagina cancer usually refers to the estimated population
of people who are managing Vagina cancer at any given time.
The term 'incidence' of Vagina cancer refers to the annual diagnosis rate,
or the number of new cases of Vagina cancer diagnosed each year.
Hence, these two statistics types can differ:
a short-lived disease like flu can have high annual incidence but low prevalence,
but a life-long disease like diabetes has a low annual incidence but high prevalence.
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